Includes bibliographical references and index.

Conceptual constructionism: an introduction / Peter Sohlberg and Hakon Leiulfsrud -- On the near disappearance of concepts in mainstream sociology / Richard Swedberg -- Methodological programs and applications -- What do we do with norms-conform, break, understand or explain? / Peter Sohlberg -- Colligation / Richard Swedberg -- Sensitizing concepts in action :expanding the framework / Anne Britt Flemmen -- Culture, nature and consumption -- Culture as a sociological concept / Willy Martinussen -- Bringing nature back in / Willy Guneriussen -- The study of consumption in sociology-beyond utility theory / Pal Strandbakken -- Social structure, organizations and institutions -- Social structure / John Scott -- The organization of action / Goran Ahrne -- About actors : an institutional perspective / Raimund Hasse -- The family and interwoven concepts / Hakon Leiulfsrud -- Collective action : why is it so difficult for the social sciences to grasp the rational aspects of collective action? / Roar Hagen -- Class, gender, race and social recognition -- The status of the political in the concept of class structure / Erik Olin Wright -- Gender as analytic, political and interdisciplinary concept / Harriet Bjerrum Nielsen -- Race : a contested and travelling concept / Mette Andersson -- Recognition : conceptualization and context / Antje Gimmler.

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